Sometimes during a college football season, the presumptive top NFL draft prospects for the coming year wind up getting locked in place. Their performance after the first few weeks of a college season might not merit the lofty status anymore, but the early top prospects stay elevated regardless.
In Week 5 of the college football season, several players widely projected to be first-round picks proved they’re not just early-season or preseason flukes. They’ve got the high-level NFL draft goods and showed them on the final weekend of September.